Taner Birsel
Nascimento : 1959-01-01, Akhisar, Manisa, Turkey
História
Taner Birsel, born in 1959 in Akhisar in the province of Manisa, Turkey, first studied Journalism and Public Relations between 1976-1980. Then he went on to study Performing Arts at the Conservatory of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, from 1981 to 1985. He has been an actor at the Istanbul State Theatre and starred in more than 30 plays since 1985.
Some of the plays he starred in: King Lear, Cyrano de Bergerac, Hamlet, Ay Isiginda Samata, The Death of Danton. Apart from plays, he is well-known for his career in the motion pictures as well. Some of his awards are as follows: Award for the Best Male Actor at the 24th SIYAD (Turkish Film Critics Association) Awards; Award for the Best Male Actor at the 21st SIYAD Awards for his role in "The Confession", (2002), which was screened at the "Un Certain Regard" section of the 2002 Cannes Film Festival; Award for the Best Male Actor for his role in "A Run for Money" (1999) at the 21st Istanbul Film Festival.
Ferhat
After 8 years of self-inflicted exile Ishak reluctantly returns to his hometown. There, he must face the demons of his own past and inevitably confront his old community, who is reluctant to uncover its deeply buried sins. At his mother's funeral Ishak encounters a lovely vagrant by the name of Ferhat. Ishak followers Ferhat and as a result meets Sirma, his daughter who every once in while comes from the city to visit her father. Ferhat and Sirma are, in fact, the father and sister of the young forestry engineer Ali, who had been appointed to the village seven years ago and who suddenly disappeared; Ishak also knew him well. For Ishak, this encounter once again opens up old wounds from seven years ago. So what happened to Ali seven years ago "That night"? and what does Ishak know about the incident?
Cemil
Istambul está em confinamento. Felek e Kerim têm um plano: infiltrar nos computadores das pessoas em suas casas fingindo fazer parte do governo e chantageá-las pelos seus “crimes”. Mas isso é Istambul, e há todo o tipo de pessoas.
A documentary about the shooting session of the film "Once Upon A Time in Anatolia" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 'Once Upon A Time in Anatolia' had been shot in about 11 weeks in the steppes of middle Anatolia close to "Keskin", a middle Anatolian town next to the city of Kirikkale.
Fuat Binbaşı
Baseado em fatos reais, o filme acompanha a história de um soldado turco que, durante a Guerra da Coréia, encontra o corpo quase congelado de uma menina abandonada. Apesar de não falarem a mesma língua, a convivência entre eles cria um forte laço, que durará toda uma vida.
The residents of a small town set between a stormy sea and an ominous forest are becoming insane. They are convinced that successive signs appearing in the town are indications of doomsday.
Independent MP
Hasret has been seeing the same nightmare for some time, but she keeps living unaware that what she sees is actually remembering. A 30-year-old woman who works in a News Channel, living alone in the flat left by her musician parents who died in a car crash twenty years ago. Is it? The question creeps into her mind, and then (or maybe even before) her life through recurring nightmares: Is it possible that her parents did not die in a car crash?
Ziya
When her husband Cemal is arrested in Romania, Emine is left alone with their child who needs immediate surgery.
Adnan Bey
In a small village near Erzincan (Turkey) young Mert is about to get traditionally circumcised, but the family does not have the money to follow up with the circumcision celebration. The family wants to be able to serve lamb meat to the guests of the celebration. Mert's older sister scares him that if they cannot afford a lamb the father will slaughter him instead.
Ayhan
Deniz ends up in hospital and has to face the ghosts of past. She manages to discover herself and the hidden secrets in her family drawers.
Ismail Uslu
Obrigados a trabalhar em uma mina de carvão durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, dois jovens poetas encontram algum alento ao se apaixonarem pela mesma mulher.
Savcı Nusret
Na área rural ao redor da cidade de Keskin, na Anatólia, o promotor local, o comissário de polícia e o médico lideram uma busca pela vítima de um assassinato a quem um suspeito chamado Kenan e seu irmão com problemas mentais confessaram. No entanto, a busca está se mostrando mais difícil do que o esperado, pois Kenan está confuso quanto à localização exata do corpo. Enquanto o grupo continua procurando, seus membros não podem deixar de conversar entre si sobre trivialidades e suas preocupações mais profundas em uma investigação que está se mostrando mais difícil do que qualquer um deles esperava.
Murat
The peaceful cohabitation of two 30-something bachelors is disrupted when they both fall in love with the charming young woman who moves in with them.
A painter with a turbulent history, fiercely committed to his ideals and still averse to settling down despite his 70 years; a lawyer who packed in his job after suffering a heart attack and now pursues a quiet life looking after his pet snail; a doctor already disenchanted with his profession and now discarded by his wife; a career woman braving life on her own, who has made loneliness a life style. These characters are all patrons of Black & White, an Ankara bar that has been around for 25 years, and in a sense the bar is their last haven. The owner, meanwhile, is the irritable, easily offended but utterly lovable Faruk... Black & White is a film about the awareness of growing old, friendship, sensitivity and the finer details of life.
Orhan
Usta
Five people who knew each other for a long time a group of friends, to attend the wedding of a mutual friend goes to Buyukada. Erhan, weddings, and long intervals, the team can come together to be able to record their happy moments brought a camera, and is continuous. All throughout the film viewed, it is reflected from the camera. Later a group of wedding guests attacking zombie, turns into a mess of blood.
Berber
A barber working in Istanbul longs to be ‘both here and far, far away’. One day, he takes the day off and disappears abruptly without warning anyone. He then settles in a far-flung village. Some mysterious events start happening in the village as people disappear one by one.
Gündüz
In the years of military coup, Turkey was unable to produce its own cars. But Pasha believed that Turkish people can produce their own cars so he ordered 2 cars. Gunduz and engineers with him must produce 2 cars in only 130 days!
Hasan
Mustafa is a hard-working and ambitious agricultural merchant who is cold and austere towards his family. One day he has a brain hemorrhage on a business trip and goes into a coma after the operation. Guler is suspicious of her husband having an affair. Veysel, their teenage son, wants to leave the military academy and study business administration. Ali, their 10-year-old son, has to cope both with his bully classmate and the chewing gums he has to sell. Hasan, Mustafa's younger brother, chose to live a life in solitude after getting a divorce, and has always been an outsider to the family. But now, with his brother in coma, he finds himself involved in family affairs. Hasan has to solve the mystery about Mustafa's mistress and the money lost during his trip.
Zekeriya
Numa pequena e pobre aldeia sobranceira às altas montanhas rochosas, os aldeões são pessoas simples e diligentes que lutam para lidar com uma natureza dura. Ganham o sustento da terra e alguns animais que criam. Os pais sempre preferem um de seus filhos. As mães comandam impiedosamente as suas filhas. Ömer, o filho do imã, deseja irremediavelmente a morte de seu pai. Quando ele entende que o pensamento ilusório não tem resultados concretos, começa a procurar maneiras infantis de matar o seu pai. O Yakup está apaixonado pela sua professora, e um dia depois de ver seu pai espiando a professora, ele também sonha, como Ömer, em matar o seu pai. Yıldız estuda e tenta administrar as tarefas domésticas impostas por sua mãe. Ela aprende com irritação sobre os segredos da relação entre homens e mulheres.
Polis
In an apartment building where neighbors, friends, and family are living in close quarters, three male protagonists encounter three phases of manhood in Turkish society. Directors Reha Erdem's light touch and slyly amusing style do not miss the opportunity to illuminate some serious points in a strictly patriarchal society.
Four 40-something friends are haunted by the violent past of a divided Cyprus. Temel wants desperately to speak about the crimes of vengeance he committed as a teenager. He would like to confess about the bodies buried in the muddy patch of a dried-up salt lake, but fear holds him back from even going there. Ali participates in Temel's UN projects aimed at defusing tension between Cyprus' Greek and Turkish communities....
Harun
A taut, beautifully acted psychological drama about a husband who suspects his wife of having an affair, but is terrified that confronting her about it might prove she really is.
Doğan
Summer Love is a 2001 Turkish drama film directed and written by Barış Pirhasan with Gül Dirican.
Elephants and Grass (Turkish: Filler ve Çimen) is a 2001 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Derviş Zaim, about six different stories that merge into a common theme. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January 5, 2001, won awards at film festivals in Antalya and Istanbul, including the Golden Orange Behlül Dal Jury Special Award.
Selim
The film is set in present-day Istanbul. Selim is a shop owner in his early forties. He sells clothing for men in his shop situated in one of the back streets of Istanbul. Selim is a family man who has devoted his life to his home and his work. He lives with his wife Ayla, his six-year-old daughter Esma and his old father in a simple flat in and old, modest neighbourhood. He has warm relations with his family. He is an affectionate father. One of his neighbours, a young widow named Nihal tries to seduce Selim, but her flirtation leaves him cold. Selim is known for his honesty and integrity among his family and friends. He is a careful spender. As a little child, he has learned that money is not easily earned. He has no tolerance for petty "trickery" met in daily life. One day, Selim finds a bag full of dollar bills (approximately 500,000$) in a cab. From that day on, Selim finds himself in a bewildered state with a bag full of money on his hands.
